1st Edition
Social Life in the Movies How Hollywood Imagines War, Schools, Romance, Aging, and Social Inequality
1. Introduction: A Sociologist Goes to the Movies
2. Patriotic Gore: War Movies and the American Flag
3. The Ends of Teaching: Desire and Ambition in the School Genre
4. Romance Movies: Tales as Old as Time
5. The Coming of Age: Older Characters in Hollywood Films
6. Alienation Across the Life Course: Disconnections from Society
7. The Grip of Tradition: Hollywood Film and the Reproduction of Gender Inequality
8. Conclusion – Three Kongs: Race, Gender, and Fear in Hollywood Ape Films
Biography
James J. Dowd is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia, USA. He is the author of Stratification Among the Aged and the co-author of The Primary Group: Its Rediscovery in Contemporary Sociology.
